At this moment, deep in the mountain stream of the Ten Thousand Mountains, Liu Jiantang stood under the rushing waterfall, clutching his head and roaring. He looked very painful, but he was unwilling to leave the waterfall, as if the cold stream could keep him conscious.
Long Xiaoyu had been guarding him on the shore for three days, never leaving his side, afraid that Liu Jiantang would escape again if she wasn't careful. But she didn't dare to get close at all. Liu Jiantang was in such a state that he would kill anything he saw. If it weren't for Long Xiaoyu's ability to suppress the Blood King Gu, he wouldn't be alive today.
She just wanted to endure it like this. The cold stream water could suppress Liu Jiantang's demonic nature, and her flute music could play a suppressive role at crucial moments. She wanted to wait until she could truly get close to Liu Jiantang and use that life-for-life method for him.
But after so many days, Long Xiaoyu still saw no hope. Despite her carefulness, nothing worked.
“You must suppress your inner demons…” Long Xiaoyu continued to try to communicate with Liu Jiantang, but as soon as she spoke, Liu Jiantang roared at her.
Long Xiaoyu sighed helplessly and continued to suppress the noise with her flute until Liu Jiantang stood under the waterfall and the noise subsided again before she stopped.
Blood Gu worms surrounded them from all sides. With Long Tu dead, the Blood Gu worms had lost control and could only instinctively guard their "king." Long Xiaoyu tried everything she could, but still couldn't make any progress. Instead, she found herself surrounded by these Blood Gu worms.
Fortunately, the blood gu were afraid of Liu Jiantang and dared not approach, so Long Xiaoyu finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But today, Long Xiaoyu's power is gradually being exhausted, and all her efforts to suppress it over the past few days have come to naught.
Liu Jiantang, enraged, charged at her like a madman, his overwhelming killing intent making no attempt to conceal it.
However, just as he rushed in front of Long Xiaoyu, he suddenly stopped, his expression turning extremely painful. Long Xiaoyu knew that his efforts over the past few days had paid off, as Liu Jiantang now had the ability to maintain his sanity on his own.
In the end, he did not attack Long Xiaoyu, but instead turned and ran deeper into the Ten Thousand Mountains. Perhaps it was because he subconsciously wanted to get away from crowded places, or perhaps he did not want to commit any more killings.
The blood gu followed him, but Long Xiaoyu no longer had the strength to chase after them. She found a tree to lean against and rested listlessly. She dared not fall asleep, but she also had no strength to move forward.
At this moment, Xiao Yuhan and her group, who had been searching for the Blood Gu, saw Long Xiaoyu again. Xiao Yuhan went up to check on Long Xiaoyu's condition.
After the two talked, Xiao Yuhan roughly understood the situation and immediately fell into deep thought. Not far away, her second senior sister, Shen Huairu, stood far to the side. Because of the sect leader's orders, she could not kill the enemy who had killed her master, but she also had no good feelings towards Long Xiaoyu.
Despite her own pain, Nangong Ling'er examined Long Xiaoyu's body. At this moment, Miao Xiaodie walked to Xiao Yuhan and Ye Qingyun's side and said, "If Long Xiaoyu can't restore Liu Jiantang, I hope you are prepared to show no mercy when necessary! Kill Liu Jiantang."
Xiao Yuhan remained silent. He knew that Miao Xiaodie's suggestion was correct in this situation. Hesitation would only lead to trouble. If it really came down to making a decision, he would kill Liu Jiantang even if it cost him his life. However, Xiao Yuhan was not confident. He immediately said, "You make it sound so easy. Even if we joined forces, we still couldn't defeat Senior Brother Liu!"
At this moment, Ye Qingyun said with a grim expression, "No! No matter what the situation, I will not abandon my fellow disciples. If it really comes to that, I will deal with him. If I die, whatever you want to do is none of my business."
This was perhaps the compromise made by the most loyal and affectionate senior brother. He was willing to sacrifice his brother's life for the sake of so-called justice, but only if he died before his brother. These words touched Xiao Yuhan, who immediately comforted him, "Senior brother, don't be so pessimistic. Maybe there is still a way."
At this moment, Long Xiaoyu suddenly interrupted their conversation, "Xiao Yuhan, I take back what I said before. Now I'm asking for your help. As long as you can take him down, I'm confident I can make him recover!"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yuhan subconsciously overlooked the price Long Xiaoyu would have to pay to restore Senior Brother Liu's sanity. In fact, at this moment, relatively speaking, he still thought it was a good ending. Even if it meant sacrificing an outsider, it was a worthwhile deal to restore Liu Jiantang's sanity.
So the group discussed tactics. At this point, the only ones still capable of fighting were Miao Xiaodie, Ye Qingyun, Shen Huairu, and Xiao Yuhan.
With these people working together, they might be able to take down Liu Jiantang. So, they each revealed their trump cards and methods, devised a suitable tactic, and then entered the Ten Thousand Mountains together, with four people in front and the rest following behind.
Following the trail, they eliminated countless blood gu, and finally found Liu Jiantang's trail in a valley.
Upon seeing Liu Jiantang, he once again became that irrational beast, leaving his fellow disciples terrified. The fighting power he unleashed at this moment was not to be underestimated, but since things had come to this point, they could not easily retreat.
Shen Huairu was the first to draw her sword. Her previous seclusion had allowed her to break through to the Void Returning Realm. Although it was only the first level, it was fundamentally different from Xiao Yuhan's cultivation at the ninth level of the Divine Transformation Realm.
Between major realms, a single step can mean two completely different worlds. This was only because Xiao Yuhan broke through from the eighth to the ninth level during his trip to the Southern Frontier; otherwise, the gap between the two would have been even greater.
The white-robed swordsman charged forward with his sword, followed closely by Ye Qingyun, while Miao Xiaodie took out her flute to control the blood gu.
Although she did not cultivate the Blood King Scripture, her method of controlling corpses with Gu was extremely skillful. Although she could not control too many, it was enough for this situation.
A fierce battle ensued. Liu Jiantang was like a demon god descending to earth, and no one could withstand his sharpness. At this moment, he held the Dragon Slayer Sword, and every move he made was several times stronger than before.
Shen Huairu was skilled in ice magic, so she immediately froze the valley, turning it into her main battlefield. Then she drew her Suhan sword and attacked, but Liu Jiantang broke the ice with a little effort, resisted with his sword, and defeated Shen Huairu with one strike.
Ye Qingyun then made his move, unleashing the full power of his Wuding Qiankun Sword, which ignited a raging inferno. However, Liu Jiantang's mere palm strike dispersed the flames on Ye Qingyun's sword. The two clashed in close combat for only a few moves before sword energy crisscrossed the valley, causing trees to fall and birds and beasts to scatter.
Xiao Yuhan was not idle either. He summoned the Nascent Soul Green Lotus to seal the spiritual energy of the place, and then raised his sword to draw out heavenly lightning, which struck Liu Jiantang directly.
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